CEMETERY: Boggs Cemetery, Madison County, KY
Date: Tue, 22 Jul 1997
Jackie Couture wrote:
This was in the local paper and I thought it may be of interest to someone
with Madison County Boggs lines.
Notice of Intent
Highland Park Properties
(formerly J. B. Arnett Farm)
1041 Berea Road, U. S. 25 South
Near Eastern Bypass
On October 1, 1997 or any date thereafter the owners of the said property
plan to relocate (5) graves or more as prescribed by law from said property
to the Richmond Cemetery, Richmond, Madison Co., Kentucky. The graves are
believed to be that of James Boggs (1793-1858) and wife, Pheve Boggs
(1792-1847) and 3 children descendants.
For more information call James J. Shannon, Jr., President, Highland Park
Properties, Inc., 606-625-0316 or write P. O. 5267, Richmond, KY 40476-5267
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Thanks Jackie,
These are my ggg-grandparents and at least 3 of their grand children.
There were more graves in this cemetery but it was almost destroyed by
Mr. J. B. Arnett (a former Register of Deeds for Madison County). Mr.
Arnett had pulled up the headstones of the grandchildren and thrown them
between the crypts of the grandparents. He was also using the headstone
of a family slave as a footstone in the path to his storage shed. The
above ground crypts of James and Pheobe (Cornelison) Boggs were not
destroyed because they were visible from the highway and road. I visited
with him in 1987 and he seemed proud that he had pulled all of the
stones out of the ground. He also showed me the headstone of one of the
household slaves that he had turned face down in his walkway to the
shed.
If it was absolutely necessary to move the graves I would think that the
BOGGS Cemetery on Boggs Lane would be a far more appropriate place since
there are uncles, sisters and other family there.
If you should happen to have an address for Mr. Ray Brackett in Allen,
KY, PLEASE advise him of this. Any and all help will be greatly
appreciated. He is a former President of the KYSAR.
J. T. Shannon is a Lawyer and former President of the Madison County
Historical Society.
Thank you for the notification.
What do we do? are there other lists that this should be posted to??
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When I checked the cemetery in 1987 I found the following:
James BOGGS, III = s/o James BOGGS, II and Sarah "Sally" WINN
Pheobe (CORNELISON) BOGGS, "his consort", d/o Conrad CORNELISON and
Susannah (SKINNER) STRANGE
Un-named s/o James MAUPIN CORNELISON and Susan Jane BOGGS d/o James and
Pheobe (b 1840)
Owen Boggs CORNELISON s/o James and Susan (b 1843)
Pheobe C. ELLISON CORNELISON d/o James and Susan (b 1845)
Loren J. Adams
Colonel HOKC
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